Glass has become
architecture itself.
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A material of structure, performance and expression.
The View is the specialist Architectural Glass division of Reliance Fenestration.
About The View02 — Materials library
Nine glass families.
- AssemblyAssembly: Outer lite — Tempered or laminated; Low-E coating — Solar and thermal control; Cavity — Argon or krypton fill; Spacer — Thermoplastic, desiccant filled; Inner lite — Dual-seal edge: butyl / polysulfide.
- AssemblyAssembly: Compression zone — >69 MPa surface (EN 12150); Tensile core — 120–200 MPa bending strength; Compression zone — Granular break pattern.
- AssemblyAssembly: Outer lite — 3–10 mm; Interlayer — PVB or SGP, 0.38–1.52 mm; Inner lite — 3–10 mm · STC 34–52.
- AssemblyAssembly: Ceramic frit — Screen printed pattern; Fusion — Fired into the surface at 620–680 °C; Substrate — Tempered lite, 4–19 mm.
- AssemblyAssembly: Tempered lite — Loaded to the chamber; Soak cycle — 290 °C ± 10 °C, EN 14179-1; Hold — Minimum 2 hours at temperature; Released batch — <0.1% residual breakage.
- AssemblyAssembly: Panel — Up to 16,000 × 3,300 mm; Section — 15–200 mm thickness; Build-up — Tempered, laminated or insulated.
- AssemblyAssembly: Outer lite — Bent to project radius; Interlayer or cavity — Per specified build-up; Inner lite — Formed to matching template.
- AssemblyAssembly: Relief face — Three-dimensional kiln-formed surface; Body — 10–50 mm section; Mould face — Custom refractory mould, above 800 °C.
- AssemblyAssembly: Rolled face — Engraved roller texture; Substrate — Clear or low-iron, 3–8 mm; Processing — Tempered, laminated or in an IGU.
Selected projects
Project archive
Publication 01
Definitive document
The complete Architectural Glass Portfolio
Thirty pages covering the nine glass families, technical data, project references, certifications and the full trading and project service.
Download the portfolio — PDF · 21 MB · 30 pages
04 — Contact
Bring the specification into focus.
Regional contacts for architectural glass enquiries, project coordination and documentation.
Contact The View